Re: Cravings for Vinegar post-RNY?

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Hi there!

It's great to hear of someone else with this craving - normal or not! I am

1.5 years post-op, have lost 138 lbs. and am 2 lbs. from my personal goal.

More and more over the last year I have had an unbelievable craving for

vinegary,

pickled things; peppers, olives, etc. I've noticed that the less I like

surgar, the more I enjoy pickles! I used to enjoy the occasional Spanish olive

with pimento pre-op, but now I can go through a jar a week. I NEVER ate pickles

pre-op and now I go crazy for garlic dill pickles (mostly the BaTampte

brand). I still hate bread n butter pickles or sweet pickles, but leave me

loose

with a jar of banana peppers and by the end of the evening, they'll all be gone.

In the evening, while watching TV or reading e-mail, I take a little paper

cup full of banana peppers, a pickle and a couple of Spanish olives and I'm set

for the night, snack-wise, and there's hardly any calories in them either

(and I will usually drink the pickle juice left in the cup, too). Anyway, it's

good to hear I'm not the only one with this crazy craving, but I do wonder why

I have it.

Charlene

Open RNY

2/27/02

Dr. M. Murr, TGH -Tampa, FL

269/131/129 (maybe)

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Dawn,

Since my surgery 5 years ago, I felt everything is salty numerous times.

This usually follows when I take my water pill and don't drink enought

water. After craving salty food right after the surgerey, now everything is

saltly to me. I hardly use salt in any of my food.

Lap RNY 98

Contemplating Revision

Re: Cravings for Vinegar post-RNY?

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> > I don't know about the vinegar but when I am having a craving for salty

> > stuff, pickles and soy sauce are usually somewhere on my list. Maybe

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> > sign of dehydration and she needs to drink more? This is pure

> > speculation on my part but might be worth checking into.

> > Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

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> You know this thread makes me think of something to ask about.....

> Has anyone experienced everything tasting salty? Some days, no matter what

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> eat, it taste like someone dumped salt on it. Just curious why.

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> As for craving vinegar, I have no idea myself.

> Dawn

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[Guest guest]

I crave juice from pickles or pickles when my tummy is upset. Settles it

right down.

Neci

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I have noticed the same thing. I have also noticed that sometimes I will

eat a food that previously was way too salty, and I can barely taste the

salt.

This has been happening for years, way before the surgery. I have just

assumed that it is my body's way of telling me when I need salt and when I

need to cut down. If things are too salty, I just don't eat them. If they

are not salty enough, I add salt.

This may not work for everyone but my blood pressure tends to be on the low

side, so I worry more about passing out from low blood pressure than about

retaining water from too much salt. I dehydrate very easily, so I have to

be careful. My Dad is the same way, and he has been known to pass out from

low blood pressure caused by dehydration. In that sense, low blood pressure

can be as hazardous as high blood pressure.

Barbara Jean

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> You know this thread makes me think of something to ask about.....

> Has anyone experienced everything tasting salty? Some days, no matter what

I

> eat, it taste like someone dumped salt on it. Just curious why.

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> Dawn

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Hi,

I have been lurking for 18 months -- You guys have always been able

to answer my questions without me asking, however I find that I am

having the same problem as Dawn --- everything I eat tast salty, even

when I lick my lips it tast like salt, I touched my tongue to my

finger and it too was salty. I have also found that my potassium is

low, my calcium is low and although my B-12still in range (the low

end)my PCP wants to start B-12 shots. I guess I was stunned into

writing when I saw Dawn's post looking me in the face like a

mirror!!! Does any one have the answer?

ww14615

Dr. O'Malley

1/10/02

289/151/140??or more

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> > I don't know about the vinegar but when I am having a craving for

salty

> > stuff, pickles and soy sauce are usually somewhere on my list.

Maybe she

> > isn't getting enough sodium? Maybe she's getting to much? Maybe

it's a

> > sign of dehydration and she needs to drink more? This is pure

> > speculation on my part but might be worth checking into.

> > Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

> **********************************

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> You know this thread makes me think of something to ask about.....

> Has anyone experienced everything tasting salty? Some days, no

matter what I

> eat, it taste like someone dumped salt on it. Just curious why.

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> As for craving vinegar, I have no idea myself.

> Dawn

[Guest guest]

according to Ediets.comUK, salt cravings are a sign of low calcium. they

suggest upping your calcium intake both with foods and supplements.

sue